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carvable

carvable adjective: capable of being carved.

Adjective

carvable (comparative more carvable, superlative most carvable)

  1. Capable of being carved.
    • Helmeted Hornbill, Rhinoplax vigil (CR): Restricted to the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo, this is the only hornbill species whose casque is solid keratin and therefore carvable.2015, James Eaton et al., “Trade-driven extinctions and near-extinctions of avian taxa in Sundaic Indonesia”, in Forktail, page 2, column 2

Antonyms of carvable

Forms of carvable

comparativemore carvable
superlativemost carvable

Origin of carvable

From carve + -able.

Words formed from carvable

Questions about carvable

What does carvable mean?
Carvable means capable of being carved.
What part of speech is carvable?
Carvable is an adjective.

Words near carvable in the dictionary

  1. Caruth
  2. Caruthers
  3. Caruthersville
  4. Caruths
  5. carvability
  6. carvable
  7. carvacrol
  8. carvacrols
  9. carvacryl
  10. Carvajal
  11. Carvajal syndrome

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